Trapped in the Wrong Body: Pictures

Manon, 19, pictured at 16
'He argued with me that he was not a boy, but a girl,’ says Manon’s mother,
Elise. 'I was convinced that my penis would fall off on its own,’ says
Manon, who has started hormone treatment. Elise says it was 'a relief’ when,
aged nine, he stopped wearing boys’ clothes. 'It felt as if this was
the way it was meant to be.’ Still, 'it was very painful. I gained a
lovely daughter, but I lost a beautiful son… Life will never be easy for
her. I worry that her heart will be broken.’